You Won't Believe What Frank Ocean Wrote On a Check to Chipotle

Frank Ocean and Chipotle recently got into a spat
over a song the celeb was supposed to record for the burrito chain's relatively
new "Scarecrow" marketing campaign. According to Foodbeast, Chipotle paid Ocean $212,000 up front to
cover the Willy Wonky & the Chocolate Factory song "Pure Imagination," but
Ocean was apparently unhappy with the ultimate ask.

Ocean's lawyers
sent the following note to Chipotle: "When Frank was asked to participate in this
project, Chipotle's representatives told him that the thrust of the campaign
was to promote responsible farming. There was no Chipotle reference or logo in
the initial presentation, and Chipotle told Frank that was an intentional
element of the campaign." Chipotle responded by filing a lawsuit.

In response to the suit, Ocean
sent the above check for $212,500 with the words "F**k Off" written in the
memo section. The singer posted an image of the check on his personal Tumblr
account.

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